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Letters Patent No. 98,906, dated January 18, 1870.

IMPRO'VED LEATHER-CHNELLING AND FOLDING TOOL.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera *.Eatentuandv making paxt ofthe lame To all whom it may concern:

Be it `kuow'that we, A. H. BAILY and VILIJIAM G. BRA'rToN, both ofMarseilles, in the county of La Salle, in the State of Illinois, haveinvented anew and imploved Ghannelling and Folding-Tool; and we'dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

, exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figures 1 and v2are plane views.

Figure 3 is a. section, through a b, g. 2;

Figures 4, 5, and 6, are plane views of a detail.

This invention relates to a new and' useful tool, whereby the style ofharness-work known as rounding, is greatly facilitated and zwcelerated.p

In order to j round up' a strap of leather in the shape it is often usedfor rein-lines, traces, or .other lines about a harness, it is necessaryto first cut a channel into each border ofthe strap, into which thestitches are made, and which, in closing orer the seam, hide it, andthus give the work a neat appearance.

After cuttingthe channels, the strap has'to be bent or folded, in orderto bring it into propel' shape to receive the senin.

To perform these two operations, preparatory to sewing, to wit,channelling and folding, our new tool is intended.

We construct, of brass orl iron, a. frame-piece, A with four slots,which guide the piece B, iigs.`4,5

This piece B has, at one end the two cutters c c, which have slots inthem, to regulate the depth of the channel.

At the other end lof the piece B, a screw, C, enters into it.

This screw C projectsthrough the plate D, and is turned into the shapeof a crank.

Its object is to bring the cutters c c up or down, according to t-hewidth of the' strap which is to be l rounded.

A hinged arm, E, having on its end a wheel, F, is v adapted inside theframe, A, and hinged at (l.

Y This wheel F swings out and in, as marked by the lilies in red.

-A shank, G, at the bottom of the frame A, is ina bench.

The operation of this tool is as follows: I i

The strap to be rounded is inserted by one end into iheframe A, doublingup under each side ofthe wheel F, g. 1. .p

The piece Bis then'screwed down until its lower ends touch the edges ofthe folded strap, the cut-ters c c heilig set -to the proper depth; thestrap is then pulled through in the direction ofthe arrow, fig. l.

'lhe object of the hinged arm E and wheel F is to allow the wheel to betaken outof the fi'ame A when the frame A, for folding a strap, andregulating the cutting of the channels, substantially as described.

A. H. BAILY. l

WILL. G. BRATTON. Witnesses Wm. R. FERGUSON, E. Ross.

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